Denon AH-NC800 Advanced Noise Canceling Headphones (Black)

Customer Reviews

The only credible review on noise canceling it to take it to flight, I brought my QC15 ; Denon NC800. Once the cabin pressure, altitude and engine noise put together affect your body ; hearing is a completely difference feeling than standing at BestBuy store or your living room. Bose QC15 still "a little bit better" in noise cancellation, a little bit but not that much. Music wise the QC15 is not nearly as good as the Denon NC800. Mid flight QC15 sounded so dull and disappointing, coz Bose's especialty is on Public Address System, even their headphones sounded that way, thats why they were never an audiophile marque, where a league Denon belongs. Yes NC800 noise canceling mode is just a notch lower than QC15, but that is an acceptable trade-off coz Denon sounded well at 40,000 feet, my iPod Nano Touch volume is only set to 1/3 with EQ off, very nice. I would be interested to test the Sennheiser MM500 ; Denon NC800 next time I fly to HongKong. Here the final verdict done in mid flight from Newark to HongKong:
Bose QC15 - Best for noise canceling "ONLY"
Denon NC800 - Best for both noise canceling and music
I will pick the Denon hands down, noise canceling on denon is slightly less agressive than Bose but acceptable trade-off due to sound quality that never present on Bose.

I keep it short:
Tried Ultrasone, Sennheiser and Bose. I settled on the Denon. Best value for money and sound quality. Very detailed sound, absolutely great noise cancellation (even though the Bose QC15 are a tad better). But the Denons beat the Boses hands down for sound accuracy and quality.
The "sound restorer" function does indeed do a bit of magic on crappy ripped mp3s but does not do much to higher quality mp3s or any lossless formats.
Anyhow, these headphones rock. You won't be disappointed. Make sure you let them burn in, it gets only better ;-)

Price : $349.00